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Friday, 2 December 2016

CNN African Voices celebrates continent’s young music stars

The
Glo-sponsored CNN’s AfricanVoices will this
weekend celebrate young musical artistes who have taken African music scene by
storm with new ideas and exceptional creativity.

Globacom
in a statement stated that this week’s edition of the programme which will
feature Noluvuyiso Mpofu and Busiswa of South Africa as well as Sauti
Sol of Kenya promises to be as entertaining and informative as previous
editions.

According
to CNN, Mpofu, who opens doors with her sonorous voice is a powerful opera
singer widely known and recognized in not only South Africa but also on the
African continent and beyond. “In Nairobi we catch up with Sauti Sol, a
band whose special sound makes you want get up and dance– just ask President
Obama,” the CNN snippet on the programme stated. It also describes Busiswa
as “a dance club sensation who is taking poetic license with pop music”.

In 2015, Mpofu gave a good account of herself and won third
prize at an international competition, Operalia which takes place each year in
a different opera house around the world. It was founded by the renowned opera
star, Placido Dominigo. Earlier this year, at the finals of the 35th International Hans Gabor Belvedere
Singing Competition in Cape Town, she ended up overall second, making it
through the preliminary rounds, which began with 854 participants worldwide,
and was one of four South Africans in the final 16.

Famously known as Kalawa Chikita, Busiswa, is a self –styled “spoken word artist or poet.” She started out just as a
poet in 2004 and gradually moved up to become a song maker releasing hit tracks
some of which areLahlaandNgoku.

AfricanVoices is
aired on CNN International at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, and at 12.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. on
Sunday. There are also repeat broadcasts at 11.30
a.m. on Monday and 5.30
a.m. on Tuesday.